Musings on Books to Video Games and Everything In Between
It's been a minute since I did a check-in on the video games I'm playing, so I actually have a number of updates! I've played a number of smaller indie games in the last few months, including finishing HAVEN, a mostly interactive novel with some light combat elements, and the puzzle game MAQUETTE. (Unfortunately, my... Continue Reading →
New year brings new games! It's the January lull for video game releases, and due to COVID, I think there's going to be a bit of a drought until the next big game that I HAVE to have. Which is fine because I'm still playing plenty of ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA, HADES, and SEKIRO. I also... Continue Reading →
I've shared my Top Five 2020 Book Releases and My Top Five Backlist Reads, but now it's time to celebrate the other hobby that kept me sane in 2020: Video Games! I played significantly more this year than in years past, and while I did jump around between games, I also managed to be a... Continue Reading →
Right now is the weird calm before the storm, the week before all the new consoles and games arrive for the holiday season. While I won't be upgrading my systems for a bit, I do have my eye on some new releases, like SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES and ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA. But in the meantime, I've... Continue Reading →
October is here, and with it comes the urge to dip my toe into the spooky side of media. I'm a complete chicken when it comes to horror, but this is the month when I'm in the mood to let myself get a little scared. So while I'm trying out a few new things (and... Continue Reading →
Time for another check-in on the games that are helping me maintain my sanity in these crazy times! I've been getting through a good mix of big budget and indie games, which is always great. Let's see what's been keeping me busy, shall we? SPIRITFARERThis one is pitched as a "cozy management game about death."... Continue Reading →
Like many people, I've had more time on my hands ever since the pandemic hit. While this has meant more reading time, it's also meant more time to explore my backlog of video games - to the point where I've actually started and beaten a surprising number of games. Some of these have been big... Continue Reading →
It should have been a slam dunk game for me to love. Quests that set you out to save the world, check. Fights with dragons, check. Dialogue options with NPCs, check. The ability to become a two-legged cat-person that sneaks and snipes people with remarkable archery skill, check. And yet, until a few weeks ago, I... Continue Reading →
In a normal year, June would be the time of the annual E3 conference, when game developers from around the world come together to announce the shiny new things that we'll be playing in the hopefully not too distant future. Of course, this isn't a normal year, so instead of packing the announcements into one... Continue Reading →
A few weeks into quarantine, I bought CONTROL on the purest of impulse buys. It had been on my list for a while, my stimulus check had just arrived, and it was on sale for basically half off. I didn't know it then, but CONTROL would soon become the activity I turned to when I... Continue Reading →
